[Well, no surprises with the discomfort--and honestly there would be very few with the apprehension about contact, either. If Codi were in a more excitable mood, she would worry about her own abilities making handshakes unpleasant, too. Not that she's just going to...bring that up or anything. But it happens.]

Isla Empieza--main island, everyone wakes up here. [...Wait, no, she has to stop saying that. Codi quickly corrects herself: ] --I mean, we all wake up here. The kidnapped people. I think the natives can come from just about anywhere.